Machine for wringing clothes



N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

ROBERT P. BRADLEY, `OF' CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO JOEL WISNER, OF EAST AURORA, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR WRINGING CLOTHES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,543, dated August 12, 1856.

To all whom it may concer/1t l Be it known that I, ROBERT P. BRADLEY, of Cayahoga Falls, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain Improved Machine for Wringing Clothes, which I have described in the following specication and illustrated by the accompanying drawings with suiiicientclearness to enable others of conpetent skill to make and use my invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a sectional longitudinal elevation of my improved wringing machine attached to a washing `tubthe plane of section being through the center of the machine. Fig. 2, is a plan of the machine; Fig. 3 is a detail view of some of the parts hereinafter specified.

A, is a tub upon which the machine may be placed. Y

B is a board which forms the foundation of the machine. i

C, are strips `of spring steel riveted or otherwise attached to the board B. These strips of steel extend outward past the ends of the board B, and forming an elbow eX- tend upward a short distance and are terminated at the `top by the bearing D, and the socket E respectively.

F is a strip of canvas or other cloth hemmed and gathered at the ends and secured in clamps made as follows: G, G, wrought iron bolts with cast iro-n heads H, H,'cast upon them. A cylindrical tin tube is formed of a proper size to admit the ready insertion of the bolts G, and of sufficient length to form a core for the shaft I,

which is cast around it and the tin being cut off even with the ends of the iron a hole is thus formed suflicently perfect for all practical purposes. The shaft I terminates at the inner end in a cup K between the edges of which and the bolt head H, the canvas is firmly positioned the bolt G, vbeing threaded at the end and having a nut J,

upon it for that purpose. The ends of the canvas are, as before stated hemmed and gathered, and this gather is secured by a string; and the cup K has sui'icient room in it to retain the string and gather of the canvas. The canvas is so gathered as to form a sort of tube or sack open along the side, the ends of the canvas coming around the bolt heads as shown in the drawings. The cup L is made with a square section upon it which fits into the socket E, and is secured by the nut which holds the bolt.

To use the machine the canvas is first spread open so that the edges of it will rest upon the horns or stokes `M, by which it is held open while the clothes are being put into it. `After a convenient quantity of clothes are put intothe canvas it is disengaged from the horns M, and the clothes wrung by turning the crank N. A ratchet wheel O, is attached to the shaft I and a pawl P, is thrown up against the wheel so as to catch into it and hold the shaft from 'turning back.

hooking into the staples in the tub or in any other convenient manner. The spring bars C yield to allow for the contraction of the canvas as it is being wrung.

I claim- The construction and arrangement of the springs C C so as to compensate for shortening in the act of wringing, and at the same time form posts at the sides for bearings.

ROBT. P; BRADLEY.

Witnesses:

A. J. WISNER, C. W. WETMORE. 

